Raising sheep without the wool For some, producing sheep at a profit means switching to “hair” sheep. Breeds like Dorpers and Katahdins naturally shed in the spring, which cuts out the need ...

Raising sheep without the wool. For some, producing sheep at a profit means switching to “hair” sheep. Breeds like Dorpers and Katahdins naturally shed in the spring, ...

When he stood up without it, he struggled to walk at first. I thought he was going to collapse. ... Sheep grow around five kilos of wool a year [about 11 pounds], sometimes a little less.

This sheep’s due for a shear. A Tasmanian farmer nabbed a ram wandering the Midlands section of the Australian island that may be the wooliest sheep ever. Dubbed Shaun the Sheep after a chara… ...